Mozart String Quartets

Classical Music / Mozart String Quartet 

Mozart completed some 23 string quartets, the first in 1770, at the age of fourteen, and the last in June 1790, the year before his death, when he wrote the first three quartets of a proposed set of six for the King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia. Most his his compositions in this form were published in groups as part of a single opus.

Considered Mozart's most famous quartet is perhaps String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, KV. 465, nicknamed "Dissonance" on account of its unusual slow introduction. 

 

Mozart loved J.S. Bach's music. He made arrangements for strings of several fugues from Bach's  The Well-Tempered Clavier and composed original preludes to go with each.

Video: Mozart: String Quartet No. 19, Dissonance | Gewandhaus Quartet. Youtube, uploaded by DW Classical Music. Accessed May 8, 2023. 

 

Suggested Link: 

Mozart Complete String Quartets : a playlist. All about Mozart. Accessed May 8, 2023.

 

From Wikipedia, below is a list of string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

• String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f
• String Quartet No. 2 in D major, K. 155/134a
• String Quartet No. 3 in G major, K. 156 (K. 134b)
• String Quartet No. 4 in C major, K. 157
• String Quartet No. 5 in F major, K. 158
• String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 159
• String Quartet No. 7 in E-flat major, K. 160 (K. 159a)
• String Quartet No. 8 in F major, K. 168
• String Quartet No. 9 in A major, K. 169
• String Quartet No. 10 in C major, K. 170
• String Quartet No. 11 in E-flat major, K. 171
• String Quartet No. 12 in B-flat major, K. 172
• String Quartet No. 13 in D minor, K. 173
• String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387
• String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421/417b
• String Quartet No. 16 in E-flat major, K. 428/421b
• String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458
• String Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464
• String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465
• String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K. 499
• String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K. 575
• String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589
• String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590

 

Resources:

List of String Quartets by Wolfgang A Mozart. en.wikipedia.org. Accessed May 8, 2023.  

 MOZART: String Quartets, K. 156, K. 158-159 and K. 458. Naxos Direct. Access May 8, 2023.

 

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Mozart String Quartet No. 1 in G major

Classical Music / Chamber Music

Wolfgang A Mozart completed his String Quartet No. 1 in G major, K. 80/73f, in its original three-movement form on 15 March 1770,  while touring in Lodi, Lombardy. The composer was 14 year old at the time. 

The fourth movement was added later, possibly in 1773, when Mozart and his father visited Vienna. There is a theory surrounding who this piece is in the style of, and many say the Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini was the primary influence for this string quartet. 

This quartet is in four-movement form:

1. Adagio,  3/4 - Quartetto Italiano: Violin: Paolo Borciani; Violin: Elisa Pegreffi; Viola: Piero Farulli; Cello: Franco Rossi. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group 
   
   
2. Allegro Assai, 4/4  - Festetics Quartet. Provided by Hungaroton.    
3. Menuetto, trio in C major, 3/4 - Festetics Quartet. Provided by Hungaroton
   
4. Rondo: [Allegro], 2/2 - Amadeus Quartet.
    Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group. 

 

Mozart String Quartet No. 1, K 80 - Video Score - Hagen Quartett.

 

Recommended Links: 

Mozart Complete String Quartet. All about Mozart.   

Mozart - String Quartet No. 1 - 14, Barylli Quartet. Youtube, uploaded by classic channel N.

 

Recommended Reading:

Fugue for Thought. 

 

Resource: 

String Quartet No. 1 (Mozart). en.wikipedia.org. 

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